For creators building with AI
Designing a Place to Return
Vibe code without losing the idea.
Turn “this feels wrong” into a testable product decision—and build one complete experience that still feels like yours.
Join the founding-course listThe problem
AI can build faster than you can decide what belongs.
You started with a feeling, an image, or an experience you wanted to make real. Then every possible feature became one prompt away. The product grew, but the original idea became harder to feel.
The answer is not a longer prompt. It is a better decision process.
The Return Loop
From felt mismatch to a bounded experiment.
- Feel.Describe what feels wrong in your own words.
- Locate.Find the break in attention or coherence.
- Hypothesize.Name one change and why it may help.
- Cohere.Choose one rule that belongs to the experience.
- Complete.Build entry, action, feedback, cancellation, and return.
- Experience.Use it at its real size and in its real context.
- Revise.Keep, change, or remove what did not earn its place.
The founding course
Four live weeks. One project. One coherent loop.
Find the place
Define why someone enters, what they can do there, and what must remain true.
Locate the break
Turn “busy,” “generic,” or “disconnected” into a testable design question.
Build the whole loop
Include the unglamorous parts: cancellation, return, persistence, and recovery.
Make it earn its place
Capture the evidence and decide honestly whether to keep, revise, or remove it.
A living case study
Portal Theory was built this way.
Beautiful experiments were removed. Important missing operations were discovered through use. Confusing stages were preserved instead of rewritten into a heroic success story. The course uses those real decisions—and the working app they produced—while you apply the method to your own project.
This founding course is being shaped now. Joining the list is not a purchase or enrolment, and it does not add you to the app beta.
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